Collection

Jerusalem Jerusalem (Jérusalem Jérusalem)

James Tissot

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

From Solomon’s Porch in the Temple complex, Jesus berates a large crowd of the devout for the killing of the prophets and predicts their rejection of him. Tissot paints Christ with his back turned to the viewer, an isolated figure.

Caption

James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836–1902, Chenecey–Buillon, France). Jerusalem Jerusalem (Jérusalem Jérusalem), 1886–1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (17.5 x 21.3 cm) Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (17.5 x 21.3 cm) Frame: 15 x 20 x 1 1/2 in. (38.1 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.210. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Jerusalem Jerusalem (Jérusalem Jérusalem)

Date

1886–1894

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

Image: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (17.5 x 21.3 cm) Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (17.5 x 21.3 cm) Frame: 15 x 20 x 1 1/2 in. (38.1 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed bottom right: "J.J. Tissot"

Credit Line

Purchased by public subscription

Accession Number

00.159.210

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Artists and makers

James Tissot

524 works in the collection